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TOPIC: Driver for Ioptron Ieq45 with 8406 Hand Controler

As starting point I forked indi repository and made the changes needed to compile the old indi_ieq45_8406 driver again. It works. No guiding commands at this moment and more testing is needed but at least I can connect, change track speed, read RA/DEC and slew ...

Thank you for the attached documents. Document "iOptron iEQ45 RS-232 COMMAND LANGUAGE November 22, 2010" is correct for Ieq45 with 8406HC.
It confirms that the appropriate commands for the pulse guide are like "Me999#" .

I do not have much programming skills but I will try to improve the driver.

Comands Me# and Mw# dosen't works corect. There is bug in the firmware. Ioptron will never fix it. I think about workaround. Maxim Dl uses small goto for move by arrows.

Could You check commands :SE?# and :SE# ?. My mount does not respond to them.

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I did not talk about it with Ioptron. I know this from deleted Yahoo group "Ioptron telescope etc.." and yahoo group about Skysafari.

I have succesfuly calibrated mount. I have made first guided exposeure with Ekos. Code from previous post works.

Problem is with isSlewComplete method. I can't make exposures after goto. Have to disconnect, make calibration again (internal guider don't save calibration), make photo.
First I will try this code if (currentRA==targetRA and currentDEC==targetDEC) return true;

Commnad :CM# is ignored if telescope is slewing and return "Cordinates matched ... etc" if telescope is not slewing. Command reference say about do :CM# after goto and :CMR# in other Sync case etc. If simple solution with compare current and target RA/DEC fail, I will try merge it with Sync command :CM#.

Obsolte driver has many functions. I vote on 4. new driver on base on LX200GotoNova and implement functionality from Your driver.

Thank you

Robert

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Thinks than don't work:
.- Start/Stop tracking (you have to star from the HC and then you can change the rate by indi but can not start/stop at present time)
.- Custom tracking rates (:RR/RD xxx ). Is in the GUI but not work.

Is a on going work but any testing are welcome. I'll continue next weekend...

Regards
Nacho

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@silver and @nacho, great that you are working on the ieq45 8406 suport.
Jasem added support for the 8407 (2013 and earlier iEQ45 models) the beginning of this year, The driver was based on the zeq25 and is available as "ieq45" in the mount list.

Because I couldn't check and work with my mount and ekos I didn't checked this from may until november.
I see that a mount control dialog is added which is nice!

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